Policy Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

evaluate policies that change incentives for entry into self-employment. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51676 Short-Termism and Capital Flows By: Fried, Jesse M., and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule to not entail a countercyclical... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

company is concerned with more than making money. Mark Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president of health insurer Aetna, pointed to his own experience in social media, recalling a note he received from a 26-year-old student fighting colon cancer whose insurance View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

economics, in business education over the other behavioral disciplines. We document the key role of these institutions in diffusing "Chicago-style" economic approaches-offering support for deregulatory policies and popularizing... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

suggests this positive effect may stem from a desire to avoid shame. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-073.pdf Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

organizational policies are the infrastructure of meeting employees’ four drives, managers implement those policies and can do so in ways that increase or decrease engagement. Subcultures within... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

organizational policies are the infrastructure of meeting employees’ four drives, managers implement those policies and can do so in ways that increase or decrease engagement. Subcultures within... View Details

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Zvi Bodie. " A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment. " Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 95-062 (February 1995). Merton, Robert C. , and Zvi Bodie. " Deposit Insurance Reform: A Functional Approach ." In Carnegie-Rochester Conference... View Details

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

navigating a range of personalities and egos to ensure “the right information was in the right place, at the right time, for decisions to be made. “Paige has a real commitment to public service, whether it’s global financial policy or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

development. Detailed historical economic and social data allow an evaluation of policy results. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706497 Inniskillin and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

today. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307075 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.: The 'Talk to Chuck' Advertising Campaign Harvard Business School Case 507-005 Schwab management is evaluating... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

example, both companies know that their investors are very concerned about the large amount of cash generated in oil and gas, but each has committed to explaining its use in a different way. While BP is very willing to state they will have an ongoing View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

was interested in supporting government policies that would help establish this agricultural market, as well as in figuring out what it could do to bring those value-added goods to world markets. The MCC doesn't have any illusion that its... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

article mainly evaluates Roger Fisher's core contributions to the content or substance of negotiation research, theory, teaching, and practice. The discussion is organized around five thematic prescriptions: 1) focus on the other party's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

business. The book describes a conceptual framework, "the culture cycle," for managing culture that comprises setting and meeting expectations; establishing trust, engagement, and ownership among employees and customers that makes possible the successful... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

children and a man serves as the village director, but in the United States that kind of model is seen as sexist," she says. "In fact, gender-based hiring is illegal here. Modifications need to be made if SOS children's villages are going to receive wider acceptance by... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

with employees across the company. Reflect, diagnose, and develop a plan of action. What policies and practices should be in place for the post-COVID world? Make yourself and your senior team accountable to the organization and its... View Details

Keywords: All Industries